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SACH-MADAWA
Rehabilitation Program for Children in Difficult Circumstances

SACH-Struggle for Change started its journey to provide full Rehabilitation services to the vulnerable group of people who are the victim of the traumatic human right abuses since 1994.  ONE of the project in which SACH- struggle for change is working for the vulnerable group of the children is named as MADAWA
Madawa means to ratify, to cure and to compensate for people’s losses and sufferings. In Pakistan, one can see countless faces of children who roam around in the streets, who pick up trash, and who quarrel over a loaf of bread.   These children know they have to quench their desires by their self-devised means. They rely on their instincts snatching and fighting their way to survival. In addition, 50% population of such children is that of Afghan minors. They are also provided rehabilitation services by SACH.
Area of work: SACH started Madawa Child Protection & Monitoring Center at GBSA Pirwadhai and Peshawar where hundreds of children daily come to earn their livelihood. Most of these children are runaways, orphans or separated children living at GBSA while some of them are working with the consent of their parents. They are the victims of all kind of Human Rights Abuses. Sexual, Physical and Emotional abuse are the major issues of these children.

Child issues in General Bus Stand Area (GBSA):
  1. Shelter
  2. Education
  3. Physical Abuse
  4. Sexual Abuse
  5. Health & Hygiene
  6. Drug Addiction
  7. Low Wages
Categories of children:
  1. Street Working Children
  2. Street Living Children
  3. Run away children
  4. Living on the consent of their parents

Division of Labor:

  1. Working from Morning till Evening
  2. Working from Morning till Afternoon.
  3. Working from Afternoon till Evening.
  4. Working from Afternoon till Late night.

Role of Child Protection and Monitoring Center & Drop In Center:

  1. To create an environment that guarantees Physical and Emotional Security of Street working children.
  2. To empower children living in difficult circumstances to protect themselves from all kind of abuses.
  3. To help them to move to / live in a more protective social environment.
Support:
  1. Equal access of children to DIC.
  2. Availability of trained Community Facilitators.
  3. Awareness and empowerment of Children.
  4. Formation of Child Protection Committees.
  5. Awareness of children about CRC.
  6. Transit Shelter Facility / Re-unification of runaway children into their families.
Strategies:
  1. Field visits
  2. Interaction with Children
  3. Coordination with Child Protection Committees (CPC).
  4. Re-unification of children with their families.
  5. Coordination meetings with
  6. Police Officials
  7. GBSA Administration
  8. GBSA Unions
  9. NGOs / GOs / INGOs
  10. Parents
  11. Workshop Owners
  12. Hotel Owners, Shopkeepers and Employers
  13. Drivers and Transporters
Services available at Madawa:
  1. Health & Hygiene.
  2. Recreational activities.
  3. Non-formal education.
  4. Counseling
  5. Free Medical
  6. Free Legal Aid
  7. Shelter

We started by rapport building with local community and creating coordination with those groups or institutions which had a vital role in molding & shaping society trends. It was the first step in creating a secure environment, to protect street living / working children from Physical and Emotional abuse. To achieve this goal, extensive field visits and coordination meetings were held in GBSA and near by locality to sensitize people on child issues faced by Street Working / Living Children especially the runaways, who have no one to protect them from abusers and exploiters.
Though, it is difficult to imagine that any person would intentionally inflict any harm on street living / working child. But most of the time, excessive discipline or physical punishment that is inappropriate for the child's age, results in physical & emotional abuse. Hotel owners, Workshop owners, Shopkeepers, Drivers, Employers may be unaware of the magnitude of force with which they strikes or punish a child. Due to immaturity of elders, their unrealistic expectations from children, and at times their own negative childhood experience, social isolation, frequent family crises and drug or alcohol problems contribute to this inhuman act. This unreasonable, severe corporal punishment or unjustifiable punishment results in a non-accidental trauma or physical injury, when they in frustration or anger punch, beat, kick, burn or harm a child.

Activities of the Project:
Under Madawa project following activities are plan
Rapport building with community:
Interaction with Children
Orientation Workshops on Child Protection Issues and Situation
Formation of Child Protection Committees
Children Support Groups at GBSA
Staff Capacity Building Trainings 
Medical Camp
Theater for Development
Coordination and Networking

Adda Unions, 
Adda Administration,
Police Personnel
NGOs, Trade Unions 
Union Councils and 
Hospitals

Sensitization Meetings:

Workshop Owners, Hotel Owners, Shopkeepers, Employers, Drivers, Children, Parents, Police Personnel, Adda Union Members and Trade Union Members have been individually contacted to be sensitized on Street Working / Living Children Issues at GBSA Pirwadhai and Peshawar in difficult circumstances. They were asked to join their hand in this noble cause

 

   
 
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